Episode 274: Goyf Are So Back: Modern Challenges, Gruul Aggro (Prowess), & More

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After a brief intro, Stan is forced to drop out of the ep leaving Shane and Dave in the hot seat. First, they examine last weekend's 4 Modern Challenges in search of ideas, inspiration, and surprises. Do you know what the highest frequency deck was in all these Challenges? How about the one most likely to convert to an X-2 or better record? After all the event talk, the team goes deep into Andrea Mengucci's Gruul Prowess list from the weekend and welcome the return of the real king — Tarmogoyf.

• Shane & Dave Take Over
• A Few Surprising Challenges
• More Talk About Tarmogoyf

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Timestamps:
1:55 - Stanley Cups x Heavy Play
5:33 - This week's show/housekeeping
9:49 - The current Modern Challenge metagame
34:48 - Gruul Prowess in Modern
51:25 - Is Abundant Harvest good?
54:22 - Is Questing Druid good?
58:26 - More on Gruul Prowess
1:11:52 - Briefly talking MH3 spoilers
1:18:37 - Turn it off if you want: some Survivor chat
1:24:50 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
Bamzing's Challenge Posts:
Saturday: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModernMagic/comments/1ckv7pz/saturday_modern_challenges_results_may_4_2024/
Sunday: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModernMagic/comments/1cllxrd/sunday_modern_challenges_results_may_5_2024/
Mengu's Prowess List: https://x.com/Mengu09/status/1786721343523704991

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